History MCQs and Answers For OPSC, OSSC, OSSSC, BANKING Exam| 6th July 2022

History MCQs and Answers: History MCQs are very important for OPSC, OSSC, OSSSC & Other State Exams. Aspirants who are willing to apply for the various Government exams 2022 must go through the topics of History for competitive exams, as History is a key part of the syllabus.

Q1. The most taught medieval Muslim ruler who was well versed in various branches of learning including astronomy, mathematics and medicine was

(a) SikandarLodhi

(b) Iltutmish

(d) AlauddinKhalji

S1.Ans.(c)

Sol. Muhammad-bin-Tughluq was one of the most remarkable rulers of his time. He was highly educated and was well versed in Arabic and Persian language. He was well read in the subjects of religion, philosophy, astronomy, mathematics, medicine and logic.

Q2. Who killed Mahatma Gandhi?

(a) Nathuram Godse

(b) James Russell

(d) Kunder Mehta

S2. Ans.(a)

Sol.NathuramVinayakGodse was a right-wing advocate of Hindu nationalism who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, shooting him in the chest three times at point blank range in New Delhi on 30 January 1948.

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Q3. What was the capital of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s kingdom?

(a) Patna

(b) Fatehpur Sikri

(d) Lahore

S3. Ans.(d)

Sol.MaharajaRanjit Singh was the leader of the Sikh Empire, which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century.

Q4. The QutubMinar was completed by the famous ruler

(a) Qutub-ud-din Aibak

(b) Iltutmish

(d) AlauddinKhilji

S4.Ans.(b)

Sol.The construction of the QutubMinar was started by Qitub-ud-Din Aibak, but he only constructed the basement. The construction of the tower was later taken over by his successor Iltutmish who constructed three more stories.

Q5. During the rule of______ Ibn Batuta visited India.

(a) Iltutmish

(b) Ala-ud-din Khalji

(d) Balban

S5.Ans.(c)

Sol.After his third pilgrimage to Mecca, Ibn Battuta decided to seek employment with the Muslim Sultan of Delhi, Muhammad bin Tughluq. In the autumn of 1330 (or 1332), he set off for the Seljuk controlled territory of Anatolia with the intention of taking an overland route to India.

Q6. Where did Babar die?

(a) Agra

(b) Kabul

(d) Delhi

S6.Ans.(a)

Sol.Babur died in 1530 and was succeeded by Humayun. According to Babur’s wishes, he was buried in Bagh-e-Babur in Kabul, Afghanistan

Q7. Who is the author of the book “My Truth”.

(a) Khuswant Singh

(b) Kiran Bedi

(d) Indira Gandhi

S7. Ans.(d)

Sol.”My Truth” this book written by Indira Gandhi.

Q8. Who said, ‘the revolt of 1857 is first war of Indian independence’ ?

(a) TR Holmes

(b) RC Majumdar

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

S8. Ans.(c)

Sol.The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major, but ultimately unsuccessful, uprising in India between 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.

Q9. The most prominent extremist leader during Indian independence was/were

(a) BG Tilak

(b) Aurobindo Ghosh

(d) None of these

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol.The Early Nationalists failed to attain their objectives, giving rise to another group of leaders known as Assertive or Extremist Nationalists. The most prominent leaders of the Assertive Nationalists were Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai and Bipin Chandra Pal, Aurbindo Ghosh.

Q10. Who used Hooghly as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal?

(a) The Dutch

(b) The French

(d) The British

S10.Ans(c)

Sol. Hooghly is one of the main economically developed districts in the West Bengal.

During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Hooghly was occupied by the Portuguese settlers and traders.

Portuguese merchants sailed from the ‘Bay of Bengal’ to Hooghly to evade the customs of Bengal’ to evade the customs duties, and practised piracy in the region.

Q11. Under whose leadership was suppression of Thugs achieved?

(a) Lord Clive

(b) Captain Sleeman

(d) Alexander Burnes

S11.Ans(b)

Sol.

Sol. Major-general Sir William Henry Sleeman was a British soldier and administration in British India. He is best known for his work during the 1830s in suppressing the organized criminal gangs known as Thugs.

Q12. ‘HarijanSewakSangh’ was organized by

(a) Mahatma Gandhi

(b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

(d) Swami Vivekananda

S12. Ans.(a)

Sol.HarijanSevakSangh is a non-profit organisation.

It was founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1932 to eradicate untouchability in India.

It works for Harijan or Dalit people and upliftment of Depressed Class of India.

It is headquartered at Kingsway Camp in Delhi.

Q13. Who among the following chaired the Lahore Session (1940) of Muslim League?

(a) Liyaquat Ali Khan

(b) Chaudhary Khaliq-uz-Zaman

(d) Fatimah Jinnah

S13. Ans.(c)

Sol. The Lahore Resolution also known as Pakistan resolution was written and prepared by Muhammad Zafarullah khan and was presented by A. K. FazlulHuq, the Prime Minister of Bengal, was a formal political statement adopted by the All-India Muslim League on the occasion of its three-day general session in Lahore on 22–24 March 1940.

This session was chaired by Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Q14. When was the Purna Swaraj (complete Independence) from the British Raj declared by Indian National Congress?

(a) 19th December, 1930 (b) 15th August, 1930

(d) 26 January, 1930

S14. Ans.(d)

Sol.The Purna Swaraj declaration Purna, meaning “complete”, Swa, meaning “self” andraj, meaning “rule”), or Declaration of the Independence of India, was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on 26 January 1930 to resolve the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self-rule independent of the British Empire.

Q15. Which of the following Mughal rulers remained in the captivity of his son?

(a) Akbar

(b) Aurangzeb

(d) Jahangir

S15. Ans.(c)

Sol. Mughal emperor Shahjahan, remained in captivity of his son Aurangzeb.

Aurangzeb put his father under house arrest in Agra Fort from July 1658 until his death in January 1666.

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